Since we turned west we’ve been in a good rhythm.
Winds have been in the 8 to 15 range mainly from the east north east and slowly building. Yesterday was our best day posting over 200 nm.
We had a Thanksgiving feast and caught our first fish; the perfect 6 person meal size dorado. Next up we are going tuna hunting.
Last night, just as Renee is coming up for her (single person) watch with a symmetrical spinnaker up in the pitch darkness, the autopilot started complaining ‘no rudder response’ and giving up. The night was filled with hand steering, double person watches and troubleshooting.
Twelve hour later the trouble has still not been shot. Only 1695 miles to go!
Atlantic Thanksgiving
Good morning dorado
Auto troubleshooting
Day 8 twilight at sea
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